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HebrewH0389Adv

אַךְ

akh

135Occurrences
H0389Strong's #
AdvPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only

akin to H403 (אָכֵן);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. indeed, surely (emphatic) 2) howbeit, only, but, yet (restrictive)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Adv

Morphology Code

H:Adv

Full Description

H:Adv

Occurrences

אַךְ appears 135 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
14
Jeremiah
14
Job
11
Numbers
11
1 Samuel
10
Isaiah
10
2 Kings
8
Leviticus
8

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 22:12BSB

Above all, may the LORD give you insight and understanding when He puts you in command over Israel, so that you may keep the Law of the LORD your God.

2 Samuel 23:10BSB

but Eleazar stood his ground and struck the Philistines until his hand grew weary and stuck to his sword. The LORD brought about a great victory that day. Then the troops returned to him, but only to plunder the dead.

Genesis 9:5BSB

And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:

Jeremiah 30:11BSB

For I am with you to save you,declares the LORD.Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have scattered you,I will not completely destroy you.Yet I will discipline you justly,and will by no means leave you unpunished.”

Leviticus 27:28BSB

Nothing that a man sets apart to the LORD from all he owns—whether a man, an animal, or his inherited land—can be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy to the LORD.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.